Beginner Breakdown (Everything So Far) - 2014.08.05

Mike Kummer reviews everything we've learned so far: don't trap your queen, don't play f3 or f6, and more! He analyzes members' games and then shows one of his own.
Games include:
B00 Owen defence
C45 Scotch game
C57 two knights defence, Fegatello attack

[@MalcolmClarke25]

Great video Mike, love your lectures. Thanks for producing, Ben!

[@fburton8]

Ah, this made me smile. Some interesting games there! :)

[@alexanderhoward122]

If you play F6 you can move your king in the corner of the board after that and you don't have a check threat. I have seen grandmasters or high level players played like that. But it costs you a move, so, you should think about it. You should evaluate whether you have a spare move to do that or not..

[@JakubMarian]

"White has the option of en-passanting, but there's a good chance he's never heard of it."

[@sagisalah5025]

3:20

[@Yadeehoo]

38:30 All you have to do when checked by knight not to be checked again is to stay on the same color :D

[@junka22]

41:40 I think playing Ng5 is fine. In the variation that Mike shows, Na5 instead of Nxd5 is better I think. And if white doesn't have a clue what he's doing, black can even destroy him with moves like Bc5 or Nxe4 instead of d5. I've gotten destroyed this way when I didn't know the refutations to the lines that follow.

[@alexanderhoward122]

I had the same situation like in the last game. I've played that move and then I wanted to play h3, but it was too late.

[@ahbraveconscript997]

"if you were Mike Kummer, what move would you play instantly here? yes?" "queen takes b2" "yeah, if you were good you would play that. but you are Mike Kummer, sorry"

[@alexanderhoward122]

A terrible game. It's better not to pick up games played by players having 700 ELO. It's too terrible. Take at least 1000.

[@markphc99]

'playing good' is horrible grammar

[@piotr.kaczmarski]

Mark Callaghan what grammaring would be good then?